Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2601 Pathfinder Stone

And Vader's ambitions are far more than that, he even wants to recruit students in the entire territory of Netheril, not just in the territory of his student Usnar!
This once again exceeded Xia Duo's expectations, but Xia Duo did not pour cold water on Vader. With such a more radical person at the front, his pressure would be much less.

It would be even better if it could set off a wave for other lords to follow suit.

"If you have made up your mind, you can send a group of articulate mages over here, and I will arrange for someone to train them into qualified full-time teachers. Let it be my little help to your cause!"

"Are you willing to help me train full-time teachers?"

When Vader heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He originally only had the idea that it would be enough for him to visit and understand the educational popularization mechanism of the Tower of Time, but he never thought that he could directly send people to participate in it.

This must greatly speed up the process of popularizing education under his command.

"It's the duty of allies to help each other, isn't it? Of course, the training fee is also indispensable." Xia Duo said with a smile.

These words made Vader stunned for a few seconds, and then he sighed and said with emotion: "I am not as good as Lord Xiaduo!"

Afterwards, Vader declined Xia Duo's invitation to stay and visit the Culture and Art Festival. He couldn't wait to go back and select the seeds of full-time teachers. As for culture and art, he didn't really care.

If there is any art in this world, in his eyes, magic is the only art.

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After finishing the meeting with Vader, Xia Duo did not immediately go to meet the next guest, but was thinking quietly by himself. He was thinking about the possible impacts of helping Vader establish the education system. .

This is not just as simple as training a few full-time teachers, but also includes at least one set of basic teaching materials that can be put into use immediately, and even many details of the entire education system.

Since the situation on the Tower of Time has not yet been opened to the outside world, the outside world can only speculate indirectly from the situation of the territory's new arrivals, but Vader is different.

If you want to set up a magic academy, or school, for the whole of Netheril, it's fine if you don't get any results. Once you get something, it may attract a lot of imitations.

When he was in his hometown, Xia Duo had seen a saying more than once, which said——I have only seen which country was poor and subjugated because of education and education!

It can be seen that the establishment of education is beneficial to social development, and only those with vested interests will be afraid of this kind of career that can easily generate new classes.

Xia Duo and Vader are both considered vested interests, but they are also relatively special. Xia Duo himself does not have much authoritarian thinking, and Vader only seeks breakthroughs in (magic) technology, and does not care much about others. what.

But what about the other lords of Netheril?

Those who are more enlightened may not think too much, as long as they see the benefits, they will join the camp of popularization of education; but those who are conservative, even if they see the benefits in front of them, it is not difficult to imagine that the mage class will have their current authority when it grows. cause weakening.

Netheril's mages in the past were not selected from top to bottom according to their talents, but to a large extent only related to their birth!
Earlier, as long as they were born in the Seven Towers, no matter how they messed up, they could more or less become a mage; later, the heirs of lords from all over the world were far more likely to become mages than ordinary people.

Even if ordinary people have the opportunity to enter the mage tower and get in touch with magic, there are still various obstacles waiting for them.

Taking Xia Duo's own personal experience as an example, in the traditional mage tower, during the apprenticeship stage, you can only listen to the lectures, and you can't ask questions. The various consumables and infrastructure necessary for the learning process are all inseparable from money!
It can be said that in the past, in the traditional mage towers including the Tower of Time, apprentices were basically just consumables and tools for making money, and the chance of becoming a mage was pitifully low.

Even if you become an official mage, you are just out of the fate of low-level consumables, but you have become a relatively high-level consumable. The first step for a new mage is to choose a mentor, and choose someone for yourself to oppress yourself.

Afterwards, there is a high probability that I will intrigue with my mentor for the rest of my life. When I am finally qualified to accept apprentices, are I willing to give the knowledge and experience I have worked hard and financially to my apprentices for free?
There is a saying in Xia Duo's hometown that "a daughter-in-law who has been boiled for many years becomes a mother-in-law". Even if a person who grows up under this apprenticeship system can become a mentor and control his own destiny, it is difficult to get rid of the inertia of this system.

In fact, this problem has gone beyond the category of enlightened and conservative, but that the old system naturally has conservative tendencies.

It is conceivable that once the academy system is made public, it will cause much disturbance in Netheril.

In addition, Xia Duo had to consider another issue, that is how to arrange the large number of new mages brought by the academy system.

For example, Vader probably wouldn't think about this issue. He might only think about collecting the talents he needs through popular education, and then that would be enough.

But Xia Duo needs to consider what will happen if a rapidly expanding emerging class cannot get what they want.

Chaos is an almost inevitable outcome.

In the southern border, Xia Duo and the popularization of education are carried out at the same time, as well as the civilianization of magic, so as to generate enough social division of labor to accommodate the ever-increasing number of new mages.

But will other territories do the same?

If so, where does the cost come from?You must know that Xia Duo artificially transferred a large amount of wealth to the people in order to promote the civilian use of magic. Do other lords have such courage?
Even if there is, it is unrealistic to support the entire territory with one's own strength. The problem of development must be solved through development, but once the development is frustrated, will those lords still be willing to popularize education or promote the civilian use of magic?
This problem seems to have nothing to do with Xia Duo, but the development of the Great Xia is inseparable from the wealth and resources obtained from other places in Netheril. Once there are problems elsewhere, it is actually difficult for him to be alone.

At least with the current size of the southern border, it is difficult to be alone.

"Vad, Vader, I hope you can find a feasible path!"

Xiaduo plans to use Vader as a pathfinder first, to test the reactions of the lords of Netheril, and to see the problems that may be encountered after the magic school appears, and then deal with it.

Anyway, he himself didn't want to confront the conservative forces of Netheril directly. It wasn't that he couldn't, but that there was a better way, so why bother to confront them?
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After that, Xia Duo successively met with many councilors, and some lords who came here for their fame. Xia Duo also met in person, but only together. He really didn't have the time and energy to meet and negotiate with them one by one.

As for those guests who came in private capacity, Xia Duo did not receive them anymore, but asked Layton to entertain them on his behalf. Whether he wanted to live in the ground territory of Linshui Village or in the floating city, he was satisfied as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)